Two former ambulance employees — one of them involved in an alleged drinking-on-duty incident — addressed the Roane County Commission during the public comment portion of Monday’s meeting.
Robert Cooker resigned on Dec. 1.
His resignation letter stated he left for health and other reasons.
However, Cooker claimed he was forced out over an incident that involved alcohol.

A 21-year-old Roane County man was killed in a car wreck Wednesday night. The accident happened at 2521 Lawnville Road at 10 p.m.
According to the Tennessee Highway Patrol, Heath L. Bailey of Harriman was traveling west in a Ford Mustang.
“While negotiating a curve, the driver lost control and ran off the right shoulder of the roadway, striking a tree head-on,” the report on the accident said.
Bailey was not wearing a seat belt.

The morning of Dec. 10 started in panic for Jane Ollis, but ended in joy.
Ollis is the district supervisor for Rocky Top Markets. She is also the president of Operation REACH.
Shortly before hundreds of REACH children and volunteers were set to show up at the Walmart in Rockwood, Ollis said she learned that a Rocky Top in Wartburg had caught on fire.
The dilemma of trying to decide whether to go to REACH or the Rocky Top was overwhelming.
Ollis said she contacted her boss, Rocky Top vice president Steve Poe.

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Robert V. Davis has been named the new Command Chief Warrant Officer for the Tennessee National Guard.
The Command Chief Warrant Officer is the principal advisor to the Adjutant General, and the Assistant Adjutant General-Army for the supervision, training and well-being of the Warrant Officer Corps of the Tennessee National Guard.
Prior to his appointment, Davis served with the Tennessee National Guard’s Operations and Training Division focusing on Domestic Operations.

Harriman might have had some interest in the Regions Bank building for a future city hall, but officials voiced concern that their initial impressions of a potential profit were fleeting.
Harriman Mayor Chris Mason shared the news when Councilman J.D. Sampson asked to have Treasurer Charles Kerley attend the auction on Thursday.
“I did some research on this over the weekend. It appears what we first saw as a pretty good return on investment is not what we originally thought,” Mason said.

A move to weaken the state’s Sunshine Law doesn’t have the backing of Roane County.
Commissioners let it be known on Monday by voting down a resolution that would have supported weakening the law.
“I think we’re doing real well just like we are, and I don’t think we need to change anything myself,” Copper Bacon said.
“I think it’s good that the citizens know when we’re meeting,” Nick Forrester added.

Two years after the “Great Land Sale” that began what would become the city of Harriman, a book was printed detailing the city’s earnest beginnings.
A copy of the book, “Two Years of Harriman, Tenn.,” is being donated to the Roane Heritage Commission by Bill and Marty Goolsby.
“Bill is a historian. He likes stuff like that,” said his father Walt Goolsby, who shared the book.